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Aircraft reveal a surprisingly strong Southern Ocean carbon sink
—New study relies on airborne measurements of carbon dioxide to estimate ocean uptake
- JAMSTEC scientists co-authored a paper in Science

International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 391;
Walvis Ridge Hotspot

Remnant of the Pacific plate discovered subducted into the mantle directly beneath the equator in the western Pacific

Preliminary Report on a Chikyu Drilling Program Offshore of Shikoku:
Success in Collecting Continuous Strata to Understand Fluctuations in the Super-interglacial Kuroshio Current and the Generative Mechanisms of Turbidites

A new proposed scheme towards seamless detection of cutoff lows and preexisting troughs
- JAMSTEC scientist co-authored a paper in Monthly Weather Review.

Survey Methodology for Environmental Impact Assessment in Seabed
Resources Development Published as an International Standard

Functioning of terrestrial ecosystems is governed by three main factors
- JAMSTEC scientist co-authored a paper in Nature

Alleviation of global warming due to reduction of tropical upper cloud cover through altitude changes in upper clouds:
the impact of microscale physics on warming predictions

Notice of Positive Case for COVID-19

Notice of Positive Case for COVID-19

Disparate baseline soundscapes from different deep-sea ecosystems in Japan:
implications on environmental monitoring and assessment

Physical Mechanisms Controlling Decadal Sea Ice Variability in the Weddell Sea
―Investigating the Fundamental Roles of the Weddell Gyre and Local Winds―

World-First Success in Nearly Perfect Reproduction of the Fracture Process of Chemically Strengthened Glass Using a New Numerical Analysis Method
— Application in Predicting Earthquake Fault Behavior

International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 396;
Mid-Norwegian Continental Margin Magmatism

Discovering the capability of the phytoplankton Dicrateria rotunda to synthesize hydrocarbons equivalent to petroleum

Soft and sturdy fiber optic device for real-time 3D visualization of crop root growth
— A non-destructive, ultra-sensitive monitoring technology for small-scale biological movements underneath the soil surface

Returned Asteroid samples imaged at ultra-high-resolution by the Phase 2 Curation “Team Kochi” at SPring-8: One of the world’s most powerful Synchrotron Radiation Facilities

High Fluid-Pressure Patches around the Source Regions of Slow Earthquakes along the Nankai Trough
–A step forward to understand the generation mechanisms of slow earthquakes–

Local Lockdowns Brought Fast Global Ozone Reductions, NASA Finds
- JAMSTEC scientists authored a paper in Science Advances

Accurate Prediction of Summertime Sea Ice in the Antarctic Ocean from Previous Winter Conditions
―Winter Sea Ice Thickness is Key to the Prediction―

World's First Measurements of Pacific Sleeper Shark Swimming Speed and Population Density
Giant Deep-Sea Sharks of Suruga Bay are the World's Slowest Swimmers

How did COVID-19 lockdowns affect the climate?
- JAMSTEC scientists co-authored a paper in Geophysical Research Letters

Enabling simple assessment of the impact of observation data on weather forecast, and
clarifying the contribution of Arctic observation data to improve seven-day North American weather forecast

A large number of plastic debris were found on the Boso Peninsula seafloor at a depth of approximately 6,000 m
-Going to the deep-sea in search of missing plastic-

Discovery of a Colossal “Yokozuna” Slickhead:
An Active-Swimming Top Predator in the Deep Waters of Suruga Bay

Poirierite, a New Mineral Discovered in Meteorites:
A Major Key toward Uncovering the Asteroid Collision Process and the deep Earth’s Dynamics

Frequent Marine Heatwave off the Coast of Hokkaido and Tohoku:
The Relationship between Marine Heatwave and Yellowtail Catch

Ongoing biological methanogenesis by archaea in iodine-rich deep aquifer around Mobara, southern Kanto region

Staff member tested positive for COVID-19